noho

See also: no-ho, nohō, Noho, NoHo, ʻǃnò̰ho, and нього

Cheyenne

Numeral

noho

1. five

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnoɦo]
• Rhymes: -oɦo
• Hyphenation: no‧ho

Noun

noho

1. vocative singular of noha

Anagrams

• ohon

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *nofo. For sense of residing/dwelling, compare with also Malay duduk (“to sit” and “to live/reside”) and Tagalog luklok (“to sit” and “to take office/chair”).

Noun

noho

1. seat
2. chair, stool, pew
3. throne
4. saddle (of a horse)
5. reign, session

Verb

noho

1. (transitive) to sit
2. (transitive) to reside, dwell, inhabit, occupy (land)
3. (transitive) to reign

Derived terms

• hoʻonoho (causative)
• nohona (“residence; way of life”)

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *nofo. For sense of residing/dwelling, compare within the same language family like Malay duduk (“to sit” and “to live/reside”) and diam (“to reside”) plus Tagalog luklok (“to sit” and “to take office/chair”); for sense of stillness, compare with Malay diam (“to be still, to keep quiet”).

Verb

noho (passive nohoia)

1. to sit
2. (transitive) to reside, dwell
3. (transitive) to reign
4. to be still, to remain in one place

Derived terms

• nohanga
• nohopuku
• nonoho
• whakanoho

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “noho”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 259-60
• “noho” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *nofo.

Verb

noho

1. sit

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec nu̱ꞌu, Chayuco Mixtec noho, San Juan Colorado Mixtec nuhu, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec nūhun, Yosondúa Mixtec nuꞌun.

Noun

noho

1. tooth

Derived terms

• noho yodzo

References

• Reyes, Antonio de los (1593), Arte en lengua mixteca (in Spanish), Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889, page 82